Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-13
DAILY HERALD.
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POMOLOGICAL FAIR.
First Annual Exhibition
at the Pavilion.
GRAND DISPLAY OF FRUITS.
An Unparalleled Exhibition of
Fruits and Vegetables of Los
Angeles County.
GRAND DISPLAY OF FRUITS.

clely opened at tne 11aZaru IaVlllOi
last night, by an address of welcom
by Hon. Hiram Hamilton, the Presi
dent OF the Society, who introduced
Hon. II. T. Hazard, who Responded
on behalf of the city, in place of Hi
Honor, Mayor Workman, who wa
obliged to be absent. Gen. w. A
Pile, of Monrovia, responded on be
half OF the Society. Music was fur
nished by Bartlett's Seventh Infantry
Band and was of very high order.
The pavilion is admirably ada apteC
to a pomological display and ample
table room had been provided for al
sections of the county. The articles
for display commenced pouring il
yesterday and were placed on exhibi
tion as rapidly as possible, but some
of the tables have not yet been occu
pied. Among the missing exhibits
yesterday were those of Pasadena
Monrovia, Duarte, Azusa, Pomons
and Cahuenga. 1t is expected that
these districts will place their pro.
ducts in position to-day.
OF the exhibits SO far those of Al
hambra, Downey City, Westminster
Santa Ana, Anaheim, Vernon and
Florence and OF Milton Thomas are
worthy of great praise, Mr.. Thomas
of this city exhibited $50 plates Of
fruit, $50 of which were different vari.
cites of apples raised by himself
Such enterprise is deserving of great
praise.
On the platform OF the Pavilion is a
large collection of the parlor organs Of
Powell & Haskell, and in the center Of
the hall Henry Boehm has fine dis.
play of homemade furniture. Nc
complete account of the exhibition can
be made for the present on account OF
the missing products, which are eX-
pected to arrive to-day. But it should
be stated that the town of Westminster
fairly outdid itself in most valuable
and lavish display of products.
The opening address of Hon. Hiram
Hamilton was as follows:
PRESIDENT HAMILTON's ADDRESS.
Fellow-citizens, Ladies and Gentlemen
of the Los angeles County PomolOgi-
cal Society,":
Since the organization of this society
we have held ten quarterly meetings
in eight different cities and towns OF
this county, in each of which a hand
some exhibit of fresh fruits and flow
ers have been made, showing the
practica bility of such an exhibit dur
ing each and every month of the year.
The moon never wakes and wanes
here without the ripening of some va
riety of fruit. Oranges, lemons and
Strawberries mature in the open field
every month, when skillfully man.
aged. Vegetables grow and ripen
continually. Alfalfa yields from six
to eight crops per year. The same
soil that grows good crop of barley
or wheat during the cooler months
also grows good crop of corn during
the warmer months OF the same year
sometimes yielding 140 bushels pei
acre, often 100. Frosts in Los Angeles
county are almost entirely unknown
except in the higher attitudes. The
sun never shines upon a land where
the rewards of toll are more abundant
or sure. The evidences of these facts
are now before you, and the Hon
Henry 7. Hazard, the proprietor O
this pavilion, this magnificent temple
of Industry, will now welcome you.
Hon. H. Z. Hazard delivered the
address of welcome as follows:
ADDRESS OF HON. II. t. HAZARD.
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen
Tonight marks new era in the af
fairs of Southern California. The first
annual fair of the Pathological Society
is not to be forgotten by those who
cherish her welfare, as it grandly dem
onstrates the untold possibilities o.
our productive soil. A fair in Califor
mia dedicated to the cultivation of hel
fruits, her flowers and her vegetables
is grand thing to one who came tC
California in early days, across the
dry and arid plains, and sought thi'
sunset land for the precious metals
that lay hidden in her rugged noun
tain gorges, or on her gentle hillsides
sloping down.
In those days, who ever dreamed O
her genealogical fairs-of time wher
her vegetation would bring more wealth
within her borders than all her golC
and silver mines combined-of a tim'
when the civilized world would forge
her richness as mineral country anC
look to her alone as land of SUNSHINE
and plenty-a place where the sand
of life were gently run. To those 9
us who came early to this great State
how we'll do we remember the grea
desire that grew in our hearts to re
turn to the civilization of the East, thu
magic charm that clustered aroun(
the word "Home;" to Goods coun
try," as we called the Eastern State
in those days. But how changed
That desire to return East has beel
supplanted by desire on the part o
mankind the world over to com,
West to California.
This fair marks new epoch in TN
annals of the history Of our State, be
cause it is an exhibition OF the Pre-
ducts of our country in which tn
precious metals are omitted as un
necessary to our greatnt IS. An eXhl
bition in which our gold and silve
ores are superseded by our apples
pears and grapes. No country in tn
world possibly has undergone tn
radical changes in the last quarter {
century, which this State has wit
messed, from place resorted to onl
to accumulate gold and explored only
by the hardy pioneer who dreame
alone OF the hour he could shake th
dust of the country from his feet an
return to the fireside in the easter
states, around which his lonesom
family gathered, and saw in its burr
ing embers the manly form of tn
brave '47-er, while to-day tn
world is pouring her gold and silvt
in the laps OF California richness
exchange for her soil, her climate an
her fruits.
She is the great growing empire
the age, and her mines seem to ha,
been forgotten
One by one we find out the gre
treasures that lie hidden in the &c
hanaath us-not gold and silver alOn